"If the best defense is a good offense, then I am more than willing to offend my enemies... See you in the guhlag!" - jillosophy... "I am not afraid.
I was born to do this."
-Joan of Arc

Friday, December 29, 2006

If you build it, they will come... and keep on coming... And they'll never leave.

The Muslims Are Coming!By Michael Scott Moore and Jochen-Martin Gutsch in Berlin**A citizens' group in Berlin turned out this week for a candlelight vigil to protest plans for a new mosque in their neighborhood. It will be the first to be built in the former East Berlin, where almost no Muslims live -- but no one can quite explain why it shouldn't be there.A member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Berlin stands in front of a sign that reads, "There is no God but Allah." The community has just won approval for a new mosque in an eastern district of the German capital.At the end of a rundown suburban street lined with bare trees and flaking apartment facades, a small group of people hold candles or colored Glo-sticks. A few hold signs -- "Democracy yes! Caliphate no!" -- and some carry German flags."The mosque is supposed to go up right here," says Günter Bronner, a blustery white-haired man with glasses pushed up on his forehead who's lived in the neighborhood for 42 years. He points to a drab piece of land at the end of the street where a defunct sauerkraut factory stands. "They want to have a minaret with a muezzin who gives the call to prayer five times a day. Can you imagine? Five times a day over our rooftops."**http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,456751,00.html